Dances with Wolves. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake, 1988
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Kevin Costner, 1990

In 1863, First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar is wounded in battle at St. David’s Field in Tennessee. Choosing death in battle over amputation of his foot, he takes a horse and rides up to and along the Confederate lines. He agrees to post Dunbar to the furthest outpost under his jurisdiction, Fort Sedgwick, and kills himself shortly afterwards.


Be Cool. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Be Cool
Elmore Leonard, 1999
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F. Gary Gray, 2005

Chili Palmer, restless after years of filmmaking, enters the music industry after witnessing the Russian mob execute his friend Tommy Athens, owner of a record company. Chili offers to help Tommy’s widow, Edie Athens, manage the failing business, which owes $300,000 to hip-hop producer Sin LaSalle.